Ferguson, MO is insane right now.

[MyOneAndOnly]

definitely young enough to be my kid

[MyOneAndOnly]

but that's half of you

[Cool As Ice Cream]

"But Marge, the dog doesn't count as a kid."

[MyOneAndOnly]

not true because "Dog Parents" is a thing

[duovamp]

Poots send me dick/tit pics plz ty.

[Bread Regal]

We're at a place in our society where everyone knows it's a bad thing to be racist, but actual racists have no idea what racism is.

Just do a once-over of the comments sections on any Ferguson, MO article on foxnation.com or breitbart.com and you'll see swaths of white people who believe that Brown assaulted the cop or that he tried to reach for the cops gun. If those things were true, then yeah, it's significantly easer to justify Brown's killing.

Nothing we've seen corroborates any of that, but if you're a racist who has been fed lies about black people your entire life, it's perfectly plausible. And it stands to reason that the longer you go in believing a lie, the harder it is to be convinced otherwise.

Are racists bad people? Not necessarily. Are they humans who are easily persuaded to believe lies through appeals to fear, emotion or narcissism? Absolutely.

[killtrocity]

In 129 years since police and fire commissions were created in the state of Wisconsin, we could not find a single ruling by a police department, an inquest or a police commission that a shooting was unjustified

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...l#.U_dr5GPEes-


This should be federal law.

[duovamp]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

We're at a place in our society where everyone knows it's a bad thing to be racist, but actual racists have no idea what racism is.

Just do a once-over of the comments sections on any Ferguson, MO article on foxnation.com or breitbart.com and you'll see swaths of white people who believe that Brown assaulted the cop or that he tried to reach for the cops gun. If those things were true, then yeah, it's significantly easer to justify Brown's killing.

Nothing we've seen corroborates any of that, but if you're a racist who has been fed lies about black people your entire life, it's perfectly plausible. And it stands to reason that the longer you go in believing a lie, the harder it is to be convinced otherwise.

Are racists bad people? Not necessarily. Are they humans who are easily persuaded to believe lies through appeals to fear, emotion or narcissism? Absolutely.

Yesterday a listener called in to a sports radio show around here to voice his opinion that LeGarrette Blount is a "thug" both on and off the field.

The DJ jumped right on him and it was actually impressive. He was like "What are you talking about? What do you mean a thug? Because he punched a white boy who was asking to be punched?"

The caller was like "No I've seen his tape and he just plays like a thug."

So the DJ berated the caller some more, asking for any specifics at all, then cut him off and flatly called him a racist idiot. It was beautiful.

Simply seeing the world through that lens where the white player on the field would never be described as a thug... It's impossible to get someone to realize that their whole point of view is completely and utterly biased. He sees Blount run over a defender and he's a thug. He sees Heath Miller run over a defender and he's just a tough white man. How can you explain to someone that their perspective itself is wrong?

[Elphenor]

most people will be like: "yeah, it's morally wrong to be racist" if you asked them because no one wants to be called a racist

But they don't understand why it's a factually inaccurate view of the world. They still think the imbalance in wealth is caused by "black culture" Or something

[Elphenor]

My favorite stupid thing said about racism:

AMERICA IS NOT RACIST ANYMORE CIVIL RIGHTS HAPPENED LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

Honorable mention goes to:

WHY ARE BLACKS SO RACIST TOWARDS WHITES, JUST BECAUSE MY GRANDPARENTS WERE RACIST DOESNT MEAN IM RACIST, RACISM GOES BOTH WAYS

[D.]

Reading this next:

http://i61.tinypic.com/21e23uw.jpg

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by duovamp

Yesterday a listener called in to a sports radio show around here to voice his opinion that LeGarrette Blount is a "thug" both on and off the field.

The DJ jumped right on him and it was actually impressive. He was like "What are you talking about? What do you mean a thug? Because he punched a white boy who was asking to be punched?"

The caller was like "No I've seen his tape and he just plays like a thug."

So the DJ berated the caller some more, asking for any specifics at all, then cut him off and flatly called him a racist idiot. It was beautiful.

Simply seeing the world through that lens where the white player on the field would never be described as a thug... It's impossible to get someone to realize that their whole point of view is completely and utterly biased. He sees Blount run over a defender and he's a thug. He sees Heath Miller run over a defender and he's just a tough white man. How can you explain to someone that their perspective itself is wrong?

On nfl.com there was some dumb article about vince young, and one of the comments was essentially that vince young is a stupid asshole

And i had to comment, 'why, because he's black and couldnt hack it in the nfl? He went back and graduated ut and works for a non profit." It sparked a debate that i had no interest in viewing

As an nba fan the thug comment is SUPER annoying to me, because i hear it from nfl and hockey fans. Visible black men are thugs i guess. Ive even seen people say kawhi leonard is a thug because corn rows. Really, Hes basically tim duncan.

[Trotskilicious]

Racism literally does not go both ways

Prejudice does, i know that first hand. But anything ive experienced pales in comparison to what women and non whites experience

[Elphenor]

People who say "racism goes both ways" are similar to people that say they're persecuted for being homophobic.
Just the highest level of twat.

Minorities are not complaining about a few assholes who were mean to them, it's the whole fucking system that's against them.

Preaching to the choir tho

[MyOneAndOnly]

my favorite is "reverse" racism. as if it's SUPPOSED to go the other way

[Dogfighter28]

i hope white people start being referred to as pales

[Trotskilicious]

Prejudice for me is getting dirty looks and being told im a long way from westlake

[Trotskilicious]

Westlake is where brees and foles are from

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by Dogfighter28

i hope white people start being referred to as pales

like the term "pale skin" that was popular in 20th century racist western movies

[duovamp]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

Westlake is where brees and foles are from

No shit? That's awesome.

[duovamp]

So fuckin tempted to draft Foles before Breezy this year.

[butthurt]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvjD4joCEAA8qke.png

[butthurt]

http://www.gofundme.com/SupportOfficerWilson
https://www.gofundme.com/OfficerWilsonFundraiser

wtf

[Trotskilicious]

WAKE UP WHITE AMERICA

Yeah that doesnt sound like racism

[killtrocity]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

most people will be like: "yeah, it's morally wrong to be racist" if you asked them because no one wants to be called a racist

But they don't understand why it's a factually inaccurate view of the world. They still think the imbalance in wealth is caused by "black culture" Or something

They have to refer to culture because they've been taught that any discussion of access to resources is socialist. This combined with the fact that it's harder to conceptually grasp social insitutions than individual factors leads people to the conclusion that A) institutional trends are simply a result of individuals making decisions in a vacuum, and B) that the guys with the most resources are inherently better at getting them, based on genetics/work ethic/values. All of which is total bulshit

[killtrocity]

Holy shit, those comments. A monument the racially ignorant, the institutionally stupid

[duovamp]

Still waiting on dem pics.

[Elphenor]

Exactly.

Some people cling to this religious idea that Capitalism always rewards the best of us and punishes the least productive. And they accept this on faith alone. So systemic racism can not exist in their world view.

It is of course not a coincidence that the people who accept some sort of religion of deism have an easy time accepting the religion of free market Capitalism

[hnibos]

Then there's that one line in the bible that says that if you don't work, you shouldn't eat, or something like that.

[hnibos]

I seriously can't grasp why something like the bible is relevant.